The Marketplace interviews UB expert on the legacy of Tony Soprano

On the announcement of actor James Gandolfini’s death, the
Marketplace interviewed UB professor emerita and pop culture
critic Elayne Rapping about the legacy of Gandolfini as the
character Tony Soprano. Rapping was quoted as saying, “It was
the very first story of a really bad guy, with sad eyes, that we
couldn’t help root for.”